Example sentences of "if they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they throw me in prison , at least I know that with Famagusta and maybe a rodent or two from my cell , I can have a meal fit for a Borgia . ’ |
| 2 | Thorstvedt said : ‘ If they throw me out , at least I 'll be thrown out smiling . |
| 3 | And if they throw me out … ’ he trailed off with a shrug . |
| 4 | This then is his first task and erm he devotes many pages to that theme of awakening people to the potentialities inside them , which , if they deny them , will make only themselves miserable and other people too . |
| 5 | In sufficient numbers innovation-weary teachers can make any change a change for the worse if they implement it in a resentful , half-hearted or half-baked fashion , and under these conditions even the brightest and the best schemes are going to flop . |
| 6 | If they harmed her there was no way they could get off the train other than jumping and , with it travelling at over ninety-five miles an hour , that did n't seem a very good idea . |
| 7 | Yes , if they put him into Southwold I 'm alright |
| 8 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 9 | Yes , if they put you in a |
| 10 | Oh well , if they put you in Southwold I 'm alright |
| 11 | cunt , wonder what that would be if they put it in a dictionary . |
| 12 | In general , there is evidence that children who have developed a sensitivity to cow 's milk may become sensitive to soya proteins as well , if they consume them in large quantities . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry if they upset you , but they were obviously wondering , as I am , how such an obviously intelligent girl allowed herself to get into such a state . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do you think the trick will work if they trace us to the Hilton ? ’ |
| 15 | If they eat it all , people will realize how healthy they are ! |
| 16 | Give a free class to old and new members and ask them to renew/join if they enjoyed it . |
| 17 | While the formalities are being dealt with , relatives should be given every comfort and assistance if they seek it . |
| 18 | If they wish they can stick to the bare bones of the task , as an intellectual exercise , but if they feel secure they may inject ‘ feeling ’ ideas . |
| 19 | People may put themselves into residential care if they wish they will pay the whole of the bill . |
| 20 | Social activities Provided that they do not stop you going to bed at the proper time , social activities are a very good way of adjusting to the new time zone , particularly if they enable you to spend time out-of-doors in natural daylight at the times recommended in Table 11.2 . |
| 21 | I du n no if they told me the way — I can t remember , but I think it 's this way . |
| 22 | But do n't waste it on me in any case : I would n't believe Six even if they told me they were lying . |
| 23 | Only if they told us why we were being held , would we co-operate . |
| 24 | Be far better if they told us to do something sensible . |
| 25 | When our children say , as they all do , ‘ but my friends are all doing this ’ , parents invariably say , smartly , ‘ and if they told you to jump off a cliff , would you ? ’ |
| 26 | Most of the square-skulled men I followed in this way in the streets turned out to have very macho faces , conventionally handsome , proud , even disdainful , as if they felt they alone were the lords and masters of the earth . |
| 27 | If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that . |
| 28 | Does , does it call into question the fact that that was really what the peasants did think and believe , or were the peasants opportunists , and if they felt they could get away with anything they would get away with anything ? |
| 29 | erm I suppose that would mean if they felt they were taking up so much of their time that they could n't do what they considered to be their job properly , and if they felt that I think the parents were persisting and insisting that their own children got more attention than the school could really afford to give them if they were going to be fair to everyone . |
| 30 | In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls . |